A list of actors and actresses who have appeared in works adapted from the fiction of William Faulkner.
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The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury (1959)
Appeared in The Sound and the Fury (1959):
- Yul Brynner: Jason Compson.
- Bill Gunn: T.P. – Dilsey’s Grandson.
- Margaret Leighton: Caddy Compson.
- Jack Warden: Ben Compson.
The Sound and the Fury (2014)
Appeared in The Sound and the Fury (2014):
- Loretta Devine: Dilsey.
- Joey King: Miss Quentin.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying
Appeared in As I Lay Dying (2013):
- James Franco: Darl Bundren.
- Benjy Compson in The Sound and the Fury.
- Beth Grant: Addie Bundren.
- Logan Marshall-Green: Jewel.
- Dalton Ames in The Sound and the Fury.
- Danny McBride: Vernon Tull.
- Tim Blake Nelson: Anse Bundren.
- Father in The Sound and The Fury.
- Ahna O'Reilly: Dewey Dell .
- Caddy Compson in The Sound and the Fury.
- Jim Parrack: Cash.
- Herbert Ames in The Sound and the Fury.
Sanctuary
The Story of Temple Drake
Appeared in The Story of Temple Drake (1933):
- John Carradine: Courtroom Spectator.
- Miriam Hopkins: Temple Drake,
Sanctuary
Appeared in Sanctuary (1961):
- Bradford Dillman: Gowan Stevens.
- Yves Montand: Candy Man.
- Marge Redmond: Flossie.
Pylon
The Tarnished Angels
Appeared in The Tarnished Angels (1957):
- Rock Hudson: Burke Devlin.
- William Schallert: Ted Baker.
- Robert Stack: Roger Shumann.
Barn Burning
Barn Burning
Appeared in Barn Burning (1980):
- Henry Fonda: Narrator.
- Tommy Lee Jones: Ab Snopes.
The Wild Palms
Old Man
Appeared in Old Man (1997):
- Arliss Howard: J.J. Taylor.
- Jerry Leggio: Warden.
- Ray McKinnon: Shanty Man with Gun.
- Jeanne Tripplehorn: Addie Rebecca Brice.
The Hamlet
The Long Hot Summer (1958)
Appeared in The Long, Hot Summer (1958):
- Val Avery: Wilk.
- Angela Lansbury: Minnie Littlejohn.
- Paul Newman: Ben Quick.
- Lee Remick: Eula Varner.
- Temple Drake in Sanctuary.
- Orson Welles: Will Varner.
The Long Hot Summer (1965)
Appeared in The Long Hot Summer TV series (1965-1966):
- Julie Adams: Leona Mills.
- James Brolin: Pete.
- John Cassavetes: Tim Denning.
- Royal Dano: Joe Hagen.
- Joanne Dru: Martha Ross.
- Harold Gould: Bowman Chamberlain.
- Celeste Holm: Libby Rankin.
- Gary Lockwood: Danny Hamil.
- Ricardo Montalbán: Brice Ferguson.
- Bill Quinn: Floyd Polk.
- Ford Rainey: Clay Wyman.
- Peggy Rea: Emma Lou Macey.
- Wayne Rogers: Curley Beeman.
- Gena Rowlands: Karen Roberts.
- James B. Sikking: Doctor.
- Roy Thinnes: Ben Quick.
- Collin Wilcox: Katy Douglas.
- Jason Wingreen: Dr. Aaron Clark.
- Lana Wood: Eula Harker.
The Long Hot Summer (1985)
Appeared in The Long Hot Summer miniseries (1985):
- William Forsythe: Isaac.
- Ava Gardner: Minnie Littlejohn.
- Irma P. Hall: Cecilia Howlett.
- Wings Hauser: Wilson Mahood.
- Rance Howard: Wilk.
- Judith Ivey: Noel Varner.
- Don Johnson: Ben Quick.
- Jason Robards: Will Varner.
- William Russ: Jody Varner.
- Cybill Shepherd: Eula Varner.
Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust
Appeared in Intruder in the Dust (1949):
- Will Geer: Sheriff Hampton.
- Boss McCaslin in The Reivers.
Requiem for a Nun
Requiem for a Nun
Appeared in Requiem for a Nun (1975):
- Mary Alice: Nancy Mannigoe.
- Ed Lauter: Tubbs.
- Sarah Miles: Temple Drake Stevens.
The Reivers
The Reivers
Appeared in The Reivers (1969):
- Lonny Chapman: Maury McCaslin.
- Michael Constantine: Mr. Binford.
- Rupert Crosse: Ned McCaslin
- Clifton James: Butch Lovemaiden.
- Diane Ladd: Phoebe.
- Steve McQueen (actor): Boon Hogganbeck.
- Burgess Meredith: Narrator.
